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��AZERBAIJAN�

EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

SEOUL, 2020

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SNAPSHOT

Establishment: 28 May 1918
Re-Independence: 18 October 1991
Area: 86.6 thsd km2
Official Language: Azerbaijani
Population: 10.023 mln
Monetary unit: manat (AZN)
Government system: Presidential Republic
Membership in: UN ,Council of Europe, OSCE, Non Aligned Movement, OIC, CIS

Highlights:

1st democratic republic in the Islamic world
1st Opera in the Islamic world
Women voting right in 1918

(while in Italy - 1946; Switzerland - 1971; France – 1944)

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AZERBAIJAN on the World Map

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION�

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CAPITAL: BAKU

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UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN AZERBAIJAN

Shirvanshah’s Palace (15^th century)

Momine Khatun Mausoleum (12^th century)

Gobustan Rock Art (12-18^th century BC)

Palace of Sheki Khans (18^th century)

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YOU ARE ABOUT TO DISCOVER AZERBAIJAN...�HUMAN CAPITAL IS THE BACKBONE OF DEVELOPMENT…

99.8%

Extremely high literacy rate!

10 M

Population

4.8 M

Labor force

Labor market efficiency

95%

employment rate 4th in CIS

74%

Employment in private sector

Source: World Bank, IBRD/IDA

Around 30.000 students graduate from higher education institutions annually

More than 3500 graduates of about 370 leading universities under “State Program on Education of Azerbaijani Youth Abroad”

HIGHEST GDP IN THE CAUCASUS

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Top investors- UK, US , Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, UAE
The Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018 - 35^th place
World Bank Doing Business Report 2019 - 25^th place

ECONOMY

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As a result of Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan 20% of Azerbaijani territories have been occupied (Nagorno-Karabakh and 7 adjacent regions of Azerbaijan).
UNSC Resolutions 822, 853, 874, 884 on immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from occupied territories of Azerbaijan have never been implemented!
Today we have more than 1 million refugees and IDPs.
Republic of Korea recognizes sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

RECENT HISTORY

Armenian Agression against Azerbaijan